In a country where the terms “crisis” and “bad governance” are synonymous with politics, Nicaragua is no stranger to near-catastrophic brinksmanship by power-crazed caudillos. But even by Nicaraguan ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Thousands of Sandinista militants on Tuesday bid goodbye to Tomas Borge Martinez, the last surviving founder of the guerrilla movement that overthrew Nicaragua's U.S.-backed right ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MANAGUA (Reuters) -Retired Nicaraguan general Hugo Torres, a former revolutionary comrade of President Daniel Ortega later ...

Wearing a green field cap and military dog tags, 12-year-old Victor steadies a Soviet-made SAM-7 missile launcher on his tiny shoulder, squinting through the crosshairs at the children screaming ...

When I submitted my dissertation in 2019, my supervisor gave me the mug that had been on her desk for years. Printed on it were the red and black silhouettes of people waving rifles, flags, and signs ...

To commemorate International Clash Day, NPR revisits a 1981 archival interview with Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon. From The Archives: The Clash Talks 'Sandinista!' Feb. 7, 2018 marks the fifth ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Nicaraguan president and ex-guerilla leader Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FLSN) were reelected for a third consecutive five-year term, amid deepening inequality and ...

The month-long protests against the government of Daniel Ortega and his wife, vice president Rosario Murillo, have left a bloody trail of more than 300 dead, thousands injured and an unknown number of ...

La Prensa, the independent newspaper that for 60 years has been a principal source of news for Nicaraguans, has been ordered shut by the Sandinista government. The action was announced Thursday in a ...